EVIL BALAK. RIGHTEOUS Rus. Polar opposites. One tried to destroy the Jewish people, the other joined them. One was the antithesis of Moshiach, and the other was his ancestor. Ironically, the former was the reason for the latter, as the Gemora states: As a reward for the forty-two offerings that Balak, king of Moav, brought, […]
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